Alex Haley's "Roots"

"Roots" tells the story of an American family. Give the names, words, places, and other answers in response to the hints.

Answers reflect both the book and both television miniseries.

The hints are in chronological order of the book and both television miniseries.

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Last updated: June 12, 2017

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Hint	Answer
Main character/protagonist's full name	Kunte Kinte
Main character's father's first name	Omoro
Main character's mother's first name	Binta
First name of the main character's brother	Lamin
Country where the main character was born	The Gambia
Main character's ethnicity	Mindinka
Name of the main character's hometown	Juffure
Name of the major river in the homeland of the main character in his native language	Kamby Bolongo
Main character's word for white people	Toubob
Name of the ship that brought the main character from Africa	Lord Ligonier
Dysentery was known by this term on the slave ship	The flux
Colony (later state) where the main character was sold at an auction	Maryland

Hint	Answer
Main character's owner's last name	Waller
Main character's slave name	Toby
Name of the main character's wife	Bell
Name of the main character's daughter	Kizzy
Meaning of the name of the main character's daughter	stays put
Reason that the main character's daughter was sold from her parents' farm	forgery
__________ George	Chicken
George's teacher	Mingo
George's father's first name	Tom
Skilled trade of George's fourth son	blacksmith
Number of George's children	eight

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